Joseph buciitel



J. B UGHTEL. OIGAR'TRAY.

(No Model.)

No. 572,469. Patented Dec. 1, '1.896.

WIT/VESSES.'

ATTO/NVE UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE JOSEPH BUOIITEL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EUGENE D. WHITE, OF SAME PLACE.

cleAR-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,469, dated December 1, 1896.

Application filed December 31, 1895. Serial No. 573,916. (No modelJ To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BUCHTEL, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Tray, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is in the nature of a cigar holder` or tray adapted to be detachably connected to a card or billard table for the convenience of the players and for the protection of the table and also to form a suitable receiver for the ashes.

. The invention primarily has for its object to provide a device of this character of a very simple and inexpensive construction which can readily be temporarily attached to the edge of the table and held securely thereto without marring such table.

The invention also has for its object to provide a detachable table cigar-tray which can be adjusted to different positions and which will serve to hold the cigar thereinwithout contacting with the ashes.

With other objects in view, which will here inafter be referred to, the invention consists in a device of the character stated constructed in the peculiar and novel manner iirst described in detail, and then specifically pointed out in the appended claim,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement applied to the edge of a card-table. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof, taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tray, the same being shown in different positions in dotted lines. Fig. is a viewof the parts constituting the tray separated.

In the practical construction my invention embodies a tray of a suitable form to receive a cigar, a supporting member for the tray, and a clamping means secured to the supporting member for securing it firmly but detachably to the table edge. These several parts I prefer to arrange and combine inthe manner most clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, and .3, in which A indicates the tray, formed of any suitable material, the bottom of which has a rubber or other soft material B fas- 5o tened to it to prevent scratching or rubbing the smooth or polished face of the table.

This tray is pivoted centrally to a plate C', which forms one member of a spring-clamp C, the other member, C2, of which has a hinged spring-joint connection c with the plate C', as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, the outer ends of both members O C2 terminating in finger portions c c2, whereby the clamp can be easily manipulated by the thumb and finger and placed on the projecting ledge of the table-top and removed at will.

By pivoting the tray onthe clamp, as at l), it is manifest such tray can be turned to a position most convenient to the player, especially at a card-table, as indicated by the dotted positions in Fig. 3, it being, however, obvious that in some instances it may be preferable to secure the tray rigidly to the spring or clamp member.

D D indicate wire bridge or supporting members held transversely over the bottom of the tray, the purpose of which is to hold the cigar above the bottom of the tray and from coming in contact with the ashes therein.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the advantages of my improvement will readily appear. manufactured at a very small cost and provides a means for holding the cigar-tray upon the table in convenient reach of the player without danger of being knocked off or scorching and otherwise marring or soiling the table.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the tray having The same can be bridge members, of the upper clamping member pivotally attached to the bottom of said JOSEPH BUOHTEL.

Vitnesses J. Y. COEEMAN, A. T. LEWIS. 

